Samco1 Comics
Your Source for Comics
FREQUENTYLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What method do you use to grade the comics that are not encapsulated?
We have been grading comics long before grading companies emerged. We use a mixture of the Overstreet grading system and also the 100 point grading system (we personally feel is the more accurate scoring for books). We believe that some books are better than the "half grade" but not good enough to achieve the "full grade", landing the book somewhere in between and losing some value with a generalized grade. You may see books that are 6.3-6.5 or 7.0-7.3. By grading this way, books can achieve a little higher value than just a 6.0 or a 7.0. We still use the defects guide provided by the well respected Overstreet grading, but fine tune it with the in between grading score.
Why do you show two different grades, i.e. one at the top of the description and one at the bottom of the description?
The first grade is a "first impression grade". This is what we consider what the book looks like for presentation, or when you first look at the book. The second grade is when inspecting the book, you may find defects that are not readily noticeable when you first looked at the comic, and are now noticeable because of a closer inspection. This is the determination grading of what the actual condition of the book is. You may say that the first impression grade is, what the grade first presents as.
Are the photos used the actual comic item being sold or are the photos stock photos?
The pictures of the comics shown are pictures of the actual comic being sold. We do not use stock photos.
Are you an Authorized CGC Dealer?
Yes! We are an authorized CGC Dealer and can submit books for grading on your behalf.
I received my purchase of an encapsulated graded book, why does it have.....
".... plastic ripples inside? Looks like humidity got inside."
Answer: The plastic ripples inside are from encapsulation. Grading companies allow some air when preserving the book so as not to crush the pages and risk damage to the book. Humidity didn't get in the book, although the design of the older slabs did allow for "off gasing".
".... rainbow, oily looking ring on the graded book in several places."
Answer: Again, this is from encapsulation. Because of tight capsulation with the plastic against the book, the rings are called "Newton rings". This is from manufacturing and not from damage done after the fact.
"..... the sides of the encasement can slightly be opened. Is this a real book?"
Answer: Yes it is a real book with the correct grade as stated. The slight opening is from manufacturing / encapsulation. We have heard several reasons why there is a slight opening in the plastic, but ultimately it comes down to how it was manufactured or designed.
How Do I Place An Order?
Simply click on the item you want and click "Add to Cart". When done review cart, and proceed to checkout items with payment and shipping info.
Secure Ordering & Payment Options
Items are not secure until you pay for them. Which means you can have books in you cart, and another person can have in their cart the same book and pay for it before you do, making them the owner of the book instead of you.
Payment: We accept PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover or other credit cards at checkout.
Payment & Shipping
Books are shipped next business day with Priority Mail and insurance.
Shipping and Handling fee: $9.99 on all orders
PLUS
EACH RAW ITEM: $1.49
EACH EXPENSIVE RAW ITEM ($150 - $499): $6.99
EACH GRADED COMIC ITEM: $.99
EACH EXPENSIVE GRADED COMIC ITEM ($250 - $500): $9.99
HIGH DOLLAR BOOKS ($501 - $1000): S&H ($6.99) + $17***
***EACH ADDITIONAL $1000 VALUE: ADD $13 for every $1k value.
**There are no cap limit for shipping prices due to insuring the value of the package.**
We include Insurance VIA the shipping carrier to protect both parties in the transport of items. When items are shown delivered, it is now your responsibility for the care of the items. If items are stolen, or were misdelivered to a wrong address, please file a police report with your local postal or police department.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:
WE VET OUR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS TO MAKE PURCHASES. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING A PURCHASE, YOU MUST PROVIDE TRANSACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST. IF THERE HAVE BEEN NO TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN US, PLEASE PROVIDE REFERRALS FROM OTHER COMIC SELLERS.
How do we package items?
All books are packaged in 2mil Mylite bag with acid free backing board. We use multiple layers of sturdy cardboard to protect your purchase. Following this, we shrink wrap your package to make it water repellent and then with sufficient amount of bubble wrap and packing peanuts. All items are shipped priority mail for faster deliver. You can check our feedback where people often say we have the best shipping they have ever seen. We refine our shipping methods to make sure you get the safest and most secure way of receiving your package at an affordable shipping price.
PAYPAL CREDIT:
To use PayPal credit, you must have a PayPal credit linked to your account. Don't have one? You can sign up for PayPal credit.
Already have one? Check out these steps:
1.) Click on PayPal button in checkout.
2.) Check out with PayPal
3.) Change "Pay With" method to Paypal Credit, here you will also see debit cards, and banks connected with your PayPal account.
Tax: We use a calculated tax program to assess taxes that needs to be collected based on the information you enter through the checkout process.
Return Policy:
We have a 14 day return policy. Don't just send the items back to us, and expect us to know what you want us to do with the item. Please contact us first by using the contact form for any returns. Items must be returned in the condition that was sold, and in the original packing including the nice 2mil Mylite! Please pack securely just like we shipped them to you. Returned items are at your expense. All returns made through Paypal or credit card, will be refunded at 97% of the item price, excluding shipping and any taxes and other fees that may be involved. This is because of non refundable bank fees. Items that are returned after the 14 day period of receiving the items, will have a restocking fee of 5%.
Guarantee of Grading Policy:
We have been grading books for over 51 years! Our books have no known restoration unless noted in descriptions of items, and we have examined each item thoroughly. We guarantee against any non disclosed amateur restoration. We do not guarantee against professional or semi-professional restoration because the entire idea of professional restoration is to not be detected by the naked eye. We have graded these books based on our opinion of what they would receive as a professional grade from a reputable 3rd party grading company. But you can decide based on the scan that you see or contact us with any questions.
Site User and Transaction Policy:
We have a right to refuse service to anyone. What do we mean? We do not conduct business with people who are demanding, obscene, vulgar, threatening, rude, bullying, highly opinionated, etc.
Privacy Policy:
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information through the integrated API for processing bank), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.
Rest assured!
When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only. We personally don't sell/disclose your information to anybody because we personally hate those pesky spam calls and email hackers. Your information that is entered through a third party such as a bank processing institution (Square, Paypal, etc.), third party web apps used on our site, we can't control the information they collect and what they do with it. We use third party applications that collection information like name, number, email, address, ip address, to help us contact you for when you request information from us. We cannot control the third party app from any misuse of the information you have provided. We never ask on our contact forms your social security, bank accounts, credit cards, birthdates, or other highly sensitive information. The only time you enter sensitive information is through our secure checkout process when placing an order. We will not call you for your credit card, or email asking the credit card through the email. We will email you, for YOU to contact us instead, regarding payments. Third party links on our website have their own privacy policy, and we can't control any use or misuse information that you entered on their website, or by using the website.
Why we collect information:
We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:
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To provide and operate the Services;
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To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;
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To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
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To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;
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To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
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To provide a better user experience when you interactive with our website.
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To provide subscription services when requested by user after the first subscription email. To unsubscribe to our emails (we are too busy to put out a bunch, maybe one every other week), just simply send us an email using the contact form on the contact us page and request to be removed from our email list. We don't share your email with other emailers, so when you unsubscribe, you are deleted from our list and not sold to someone else! (Our pet peeve about emails)
How do we store such information:
Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
How do we communicate with site visitors?
We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.
Cookies!
We may use cookies to better assist us in how you use our website, how you navigate through the pages. We use this information collected so we can make your experience on our website, more delightful! We use third party apps such as Google Analytics, and Wix third party market apps to help identify how you interact with our website.
Not interested in sharing your information with us for a better experience?
If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at [your email] or send us mail to: [your physical mailing address].
When it's time for policy updating:
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Last updated (09-17-2020)
Questions for contact information:
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at [your email] or send us mail to: [your physical mailing address].